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MACHINE FOR LASTING BODTS AND SHOES.

No 284,906. Patented Sept; 11,1883.

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MACHINE FOR LASTING BOOTS AND SHOES. No. 284,906. Patented Sept. 11, 1883.

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I NITED STATES JACOB R. SCOTT, OF NYAOK, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES CAVANAGH, TRUSTEE,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PaltentNo. 284,906, dated September 11 1888.

Application filed July 14, 1883.

. America, residing at N yack, Rockland county,

in the State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machinery for Lasting Shoes, of which the following 'is a specification.

This specification describes a machine which contains several improvements upon the in- I vention for which a-patent has lately been allowed me, and which will bear date July 17, g

My machine consists of a frame or head suprods, and springs in such a manner that the gripper-jaws (one of which rests on the inner sole, under the edge of the upper) seize the up- 1 per and draw it over the last, and hold it there 3 until the driver drives a tack supplied through the tack-chute. The grippers are then retract- I ed, and are ready to take a new grip and repeat The resistance to the drawing over action of the grippers is due to the action of a} spear or holdfast with asharp, serrated, or roughened end, against which the operator u p- 5 wardly presses the insole at the instant when} the gripper jaws make a grip. tack is driven the operator feeds the last andi insole and upper the proper distancesay; one-fourth to three-fourths of an inch-p ressin g them upwardly against the holdfast, as de-;' This operation closely resembles-2 as above.

scribed. that of the hand-last, but is far more rapid.

like parts.

Fig; 5 is a magnified detail of the device for single delivery of the tacks. Fig. 6 is a ver tical cross-section of the tack-hopper.

A is the cast head or frame of the machine, and may be cast in one piece, the other parts being attached to it in the usual mode.

7 A is a pillar, table, or standard upon which the machine rests. The grippe'rjaws should stand at a breast height from the floor.

-13 is the spear or finger or holdfast, and is being drawn over by the grippers.

fast maybe used in an arm, 0, fixed fast to the porting a mechanism operated by cams, cranks,

After a secured to bar D by a stud and slot.

Figures 1 and 2, are opposite side elevations. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through the tack. hopper, and also shows a plan of the raceway. Fig. 4. is a front elevation, facing the operator.

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adjustable in rocking lever C. This spear is perhaps the most important member of my machine. Its downward end is pointed, or serrated or roughened, though I prefer it to be pointed. .This construction makes it take a firm hold against the outer surface of the inner sole when the operator presses it up against the spear, at the instant or just before the grip pers start to draw the upper over the inner sole and edge of the last. The spear or holdfast B thus steadily holds in a fixed position the last and its inner sole while the upper is This holdframe, being adjustable in frame, as shown in my above-referred-to former application but I prefer to-have it as shown in the drawings, where the arm 0 is provided with three arms, of which one carries'the spear B, another is pivoted to the frame A, while the third receives a rocking motion by its stud '6, working in the groovecam Z. At the instant the tack is driven this cam motion just described rocks lever C so as to lift up the spear B, withdrawing it from the insole, and permitting the operator to slide the shoe along under the spear a proper space for insertion of the next tack; WVhen this rocking motion is not used, the operator has to disengage the insole from the spear by a downward mox ement of his hands, at some-loss-of time.

in bearings secured to the slide of the frame A. Motion back and forth is given to bar D In the drawings similar characters designate by the cam-lever E. One end of this lever is rest upon the outer surface of the insole, close This 9 5 up to and projecting under the upper. gripper I slides upon the bar D, and is actuated toward theouter gripper by the spiral spring e. The force of this spring is regulated by means of the set-screwf and stud j. The motion outward of gripper I is obtained The other IOO revolving stop-clutch, (5.

through connecting-lever U, the inner end of which is in contact with a screw-stud on the rear side of cam-lever V. The center of lever V is pivoted to frame A, while its upper end has a stud working in the groove of cam X. The lower end of lever V has a tooth or clutch, which catches against a stop on the treadlelever Y. This lever is pivoted to the frame A, and is held up by spring 4, and depressed by a treadle attached to connecting-rod 5. The outer end of lever Y is-connected to a When the foot is on the treadle,the mechanism acts removing the foot, the mechanism stops. J is the inner gripper-jaw, which is fastto bar D by means of a set-screw. K is the driver, which plays vertically in the hollow standard L upon top of the frame A. A strong spiral spring is contained in standard L, resting upon the head of the driver K, and held downby a hand-screw on top of the standard L. The downward pressure of this spring upon the driver, when raised by the cam N, gives .the blow which drives the tack. Cam N is on the main shaft, and is arranged to raise the driver K.

I? is the chute, through which the tacks are fed singly, either by a small boy or by the automatic device hereinafter described.

Q is the tack-hopper, revolving on its own shaft near to main shaft, to the pulley of which it is connected-by a belt. This hopper is cylindrical, having several curved flukes or buckets, S, on its inner surface. (See Figs. 3 and 6.)

R is the tack-raceway, one end projecting into the hopper from end to end, nearly. The outer end of the raceway extends to a point over the mouth of the tack-chute. The tackhopper is about half filled-say one-half a pound of small lasting-tacks-through a door, 7. As the hopper revolves, its curved flukes lift up the tacks to the highest point and drop them from a point immediately over the groove in the raceway. At each one-third revolution (where three flukes are used) some of the tacks fall point downward, so as to be caught in the grooves of the raceway. Tacks so caught are held by their heads, which slide down the upper surface of the raceway until the last in line is caught and held down by the gate 9.

10 is a rocklever actuated by cam 11, and

I pivoted to raceway R.

- Gates9 and 9 is the stop-gate to stop the tack last in line on the raceway.

12 is an under gate, having its upper end grooved out to catch the last tack when released by gate 9, and then to drop it into mouth of chute I, which delivers it into tackpassage of jaw J." Jaw J has a tack-and driver passage, 00, with a spring, 8, and pin 0, to catch the descending tack and hold it at a suitable distance from the work (in the passage :v) until the driver falls and drives it home. l I

12 have a spiral spring between them, tending to make them approach each 'Fig. 3.

other. .This mechanism is so arranged that as rock-lever 10 raises gate 9 and releases a tack the spring raises gate 12, which catches the tack and delivers it into mouth of tack-chute. At the same instant almost gate 9 snaps down on a succeeding tack and holds for a repetition of above movements. (See Figs. 1 and 5.) The jarring motion of the driver effectually jars off the tack from the extreme end of the raceway. By the use of this automatic tackfeeder I dispense with the small boy needed to feed tacks singly by hand, as required in my above-referred-to application.

In operating my machine the operator stands facing the side of the machine shown in Taking a last, he applies the insole. He also applies the upper, which is bent over at the toe, and drives the center toe-tack, either by hand, as usual, or by the machine;

or a number of lasts may thus be previously.

The object of this back gage is to regulate the position of the last while the lasting is being done. cured by two screw-bolts passing through slots to the frame A, thus admitting of back-andforth adjustment. That part of the back gage which stops the shoe or last has its rear end hinged to the front end of that part which is bolted to the frame. The front end can thus be swung out of the way on its hinge when desired, and can be locked in place by the flat.

catclrspring, as shown in drawings. The operator then presses on the treadle and starts the machine. The gripper J moves up to gripper I, firmly grasping the edge of the upper.

As the two grippers holding the upper move still farther they are resisted by the holdfast B, so that the upper is forcibly pulled over the insole and last, and is held in position 'until the tack-passage a: of gripper J is in line with the driver K. At that instant the driver descends and drives the tack. The holdfast is then lifted by its rock-lever out of the way, and the operator, keeping time with the machine, moves his last a proper distance for the next tack, and repeats the operation abov'e described, turning the last as necessary until the shoe is wholly tacked around or lasted.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a lasting-machine, the spear B, provided with rock-lever for raising it out of way after each tack-driving, substantially as set forth. I

2. The gripper-jaws I and J, operated by bar D, levers U and V, spring 6, and cam X, for grasping and pulling over the upper, substantially as set forth.

' 3. The mechanism for grasping and pulling One part of the back gage is seover the upper, in combination with the rocking holdfast B.

4. The automatic tack-feeding mechanism, composed of tack-hopper Q, with flukes 8, raceway B, gates 9 and 12, rock-lever 10, and cam 11 substantially as set forth.

5. The mechanism for stopping tacks in the constructed and arranged substantially as set forth.

7. In a lasting-machine, the mechanism for starting and stopping the machine, consisting of the toothed lever V, treadle-lever Y, stopclutch 6, spring 4, rod 5, and a treadle, construct-ed and operating substantially as set raceway one at a time and delivering them forth. singly into the tack-chute, substantially as set J AOOB R. SCOTT. forth. Vitn esses 6. The adjustable swinging back gage, 15, in combination with a pair of gripper-jaws, all I J. C. CLAYTON, JAMES P. DOLAN. 

